Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,777, Robert Dunham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Dunham, Robert or Robert
S. 34,777
CONTENTS

5579.
Massachusetts
Robert Dunham Capt Warren private
Massachusetts line .77 till .80
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st Jan y 1819 and sent to Judge Mitchell East Bridgewater - Mass s
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 - 4 mos 24 / 30 38.40 semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Plymouth

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Robert Dunham
Weymouth
5579
Mar 19
6

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County of Plymouth Robert Dunham aged seventy-five years, resident in Plymouth in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of three years in Capt. Densmore's company & the Reg't first commanded by Col. Densmore & after his death by Col. Brooks in the Massachusetts line. Enlisted three years in 1778 and that he has received a pension certificate dated 21st January 1816 - and numbered 15541 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 17th April 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
I am by trade a Cooper which business I have till lately followed but in consequence of old age & an attack of the gout, am wholly unable to follow it. I have no family with me or not keep house but have recently been taken into the family of my son Robert Dunham junr. I have nothing due to me & owe about 150 -
Schedule of Property Two desks - 10 chairs - crockery - silver ware - looking glass
Sworn to, and declared, on the 17th day of July A. D. 1820. before Nathan Mitchell C. Justice. P.S. Court.
I, John B Thomas clerk of said court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eight dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty-fifth day of December. 1820
John B Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Robert Dunham Plymouth
33 m. y.

I Robert Denham of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a citizen of the United States and now resident therein set forth and declare that I was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment for more than nine months, that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support, and therefore am desirous of obtaining a pension from the United States agreeably to an Act of Congress of the 18 th of March last, and do relinquish all claim to any former pension (if any) granted me by any law of Congress. That I entered the service in the beginning of 1777 in the first three years service in Capt. Warren's Company, and the 7 th Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Alden and afterwards by Col. (now Governor) Brooks, and served out my three years faithfully and had a discharge dated 24 th March 1780 at Westpoint, which discharge I now exhibit.
Robert Denham
Sworn to April 11. 1818.

34 777 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,777
Robert Dunham
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 492
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DUNHAM, ROBERT (MASS) 5-34777

T HIS certifieth, That Sergeant Robert Bonham 7 th Mass s Reg t has served Three years in the Massachusetts Regiment, being the full Term of his Inlistment; has conducted himself as a good and faithful Soldier, and is hereby discharged the Service.
Given under my Hand, at Westpoint this 24 th Day of March A: 1780.
Sam l Doolittle Maj t Comm d

Robert Dunham 11 ap l 1818 private 7 th Reg Alden Mass s line 77 all. 80 Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this 11 th  ss. day of April A. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas. for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Robert Dunham of Plymouth aged . . . . . years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," viz. / See his Declaration enclosed /
( He is made up on Mass. ts. Rolls for 33 months & 7 days. N.M. )

And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Robert Dunham - - did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, & is poor & needs the assistance of his country for support. -
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
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